Hartwig (moon crater)

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Hartwig
Schlueter - LROC - WAC.JPG
Hartwig and Schlueter ( LROC -WAC)
Hartwig (moon equatorial region)
Hartwig
position 6.34 °  S , 80.38 °  W Coordinates: 6 ° 20 '24 "  S , 80 ° 22' 48"  W.
diameter 78 km
depth 2210 m
Card sheet 73 (PDF)
Named after Ernst Hartwig (1851-1923)
Named since 1964
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Hartwig is an impact crater on the westernmost edge of the front of the moon , immediately east of the Schlüter crater . The crater has been severely eroded, and the crater wall has almost completely disappeared, especially in the southeast.

List of Hartwig's secondary craters
Letter position diameter link
A. 5.77 °  S , 79.82 °  W 10 km [1]
B. 8.45 °  S , 77.52 °  W 10 km [2]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the German astronomer Ernst Hartwig .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .